CVE-2003-0899

Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that contain '<' or '>' characters, which trigger the overflow when the characters are expanded to "&lt;" and "&gt;" sequences.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

21.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2003-10-30

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23306
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23305

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2003-0898
• CVE-2003-0908
• CVE-2003-0896
• CVE-2003-0910
• CVE-2003-0886
• CVE-2003-0931